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September 2017 was the ninth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Saturday after 30 days.
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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from September 2017.
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September 28, 2017 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant releases footage which apparently show its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urging his followers to expand their attacks against "crusaders and apostates". (Los Angeles Times)
Business and economy
- Credit card fraud
- Whole Foods Market, recently acquired by Amazon, announces hacking of payment card information from some of its stores. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Maria
- U.S. President Donald Trump waives the Jones Act for Puerto Rico after he first disallowed additional aid, citing shipping industry business interests. Senator John McCain says the Jones Act makes prices for food, water, and other emergency supplies too high in Puerto Rico. (Newsweek)
- Hurricane Maria
- Ring of Fire
- More than 134,000 people on the island of Bali, Indonesia, have been taken to shelters as the Mount Agung volcano continues to release smoke. The alert level for an eruption has been raised to the second highest level, 4. In addition, the entire population of Vanuatu's Aoba Island, also at alert level 4, is being moved from the path of the increasingly active Lombenben volcano. (news.com.au) (CNN)
- Rohingya refugee crisis
- At least 14 Rohingya people, including 10 children, fleeing violence in Myanmar are killed when their boat apparently hits a submerged object and capsizes just yards from the Bangladesh coast. (AFP via MSN.com)
Politics and elections
- Japanese general election, 2017
- Prime Minister Shinzō Abe dissolves the lower house of parliament prior to the October 22 election. (Bloomberg) (Japan Times)
- Catalan independence referendum, 2017
- The President of Catalonia vows to continue on with the vote despite objections from Spain. (USA Today)
Science and technology
- Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
- Aquatic species from Japan hitched a ride on debris from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and were able to reach the West Coast of the United States alive. (Phys.org)
September 29, 2017 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Somalia
- Al-Shabaab militants attack a military base outside the Somalian capital Mogadishu, with 15 soldiers reported dead. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 Mumbai stampede
- 2017 Central Mexico earthquake
- A Mexico City borough president says previous officials ignored warnings that unauthorized construction work had damaged the structural integrity of several buildings in the city. The overall death toll from the magnitude 7.1 quake which hit Sept. 19 now stands at at least 358 people. (AP)
International relations
- Aftermath of the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017
- Iraq's federal government halts all international flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan until Kurdish security forces hand over control of Erbil International Airport and Sulaimaniyah International Airport. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) calls the ban "illegal". (BBC)
- Cuba–United States relations
- The U.S. State Department removes all families of employees and nonessential personnel from Cuba following apparent sonic attacks that injured 21 personnel on the island. Cuba denies any involvement and has authorized the FBI to travel to the island to help the ongoing investigation into the causes. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- UK Independence Party leadership election, 2017
- Henry Bolton wins UKIP leadership, taking over the position from Paul Nuttall, who resigned after the party's poor performance in the last general election. (BBC)
- Presidency of Donald Trump
- Tom Price resigns as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the midst of a scandal over his use of private planes. (CNN)
- Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
- Sun Zhengcai is expelled from the Communist Party of China after the results into the internal disciplinary investigation are announced by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. (The Washington Post)
- Reverberations from the Sun Zhengcai case are said to have ensnared a number of senior officials from Chongqing, including former Organization Department head Zeng Qinghong (female). 14 out of 43 delegates to the 19th Party Congress from Chongqing are said to have lost their eligibility. (SCMP)
Science and technology
- Gene therapy
- The journal Protein & Cell publishes Sun Yat-sen University research describing the use of gene therapy in the removal of a version of the inherited blood disorder beta-thalassemia from an artificially-created nuclear transfer-type of cloning-model system of human oocytes. Collectively, this study demonstrated the feasibility of curing this and a range of other inherited diseases using the same genome editing technology of CRISPR. (BBC), (Protein & Cell)
September 30, 2017 (Saturday)
Armed attacks and conflicts
- 2017 Edmonton attack
- In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, near Commonwealth Stadium, a man drives into a police officer and then stabs the officer. The suspect fled the scene and was later arrested that night following a police pursuit, where four pedestrians were hit by the suspect in a rental truck. Police are investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. (Edmonton Journal), (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 disasters in Romania
- A fire at a retirement home in Bucharest, Romania, leaves one person dead and 19 others injured. (The New York Times)
- 2017 disasters in DR Congo
- A military transport plane crashes after take-off from N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 12 Russian crew members. (Deutsche Welle via MSN)[permanent dead link]
- Human stampede
- A crowd surge collapses a barrier during a soccer match at Stade de la Licorne in Amiens, France, injuring twenty-nine people, five of them seriously. (AFP via Yahoo! Sports)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Thailand, Rohingya persecution in Myanmar (2016–present)
- Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is "closely following the situation" in Rakhine State and offers aid for the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Abortion in the Republic of Ireland
- Tens of thousands of protesters march through Dublin to demand Ireland to change its abortion laws, and anti-abortion activists stage counter-demonstrations. A pro-choice rally is held outside the Irish embassy in London. (BBC)
- Nazism in Sweden
- About 600 members of the Swedish neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement march through Gothenburg, and 10,000 people hold a counter-demonstration. More than 50 people are arrested and several people are injured during the protests. (The Washington Post)
Sports
- 2017 AFL Grand Final
- The Australian rules football club Richmond Football Club defeats the Adelaide Football Club in the 2017 AFL Grand Final by 108 points to 60. Dustin Martin won the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground after having won the 2017 Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player in the competition. (ABC Australia), (ABC Australia)
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Ongoing events
Business
Disasters
Politics
- Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
- Brexit negotiations
- European migrant crisis (timeline)
- North Korean crisis
- Philippine Drug War
- Purges in Turkey
- Qatar diplomatic crisis
- Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- South China Sea disputes
- Spanish constitutional crisis
- U.S. Special Counsel investigation
- Venezuelan protests (timeline)
More details – ongoing conflicts
Sport
- Association football
- Women's association football
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Cycling
- Motorsport
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Other sports seasons
More details – current sports events
Elections and referendums
Recent
- September
- 11: Norway, Storting
- 17: Macau, Legislative Assembly
- 22: Aruba, Estates
- 23: New Zealand, House of Representatives
- 24: Germany, Bundestag
- 24: Switzerland, Referendum
- 25: Iraqi Kurdistan, Independence referendum
Upcoming
- October
- 1: Catalonia, Independence referendum
- 10: Liberia, President, House of Representatives
- 15: Austria, National Council
- 15: Kyrgyzstan, President
- 20–21: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
- 22: Argentina, National Congress
- 22: Italy
- 22: Japan, House of Representatives
- 22: Slovenia, President
- 26: Kenya, President (re-vote)
- 28: Iceland, Althing
Recent deaths
September 2017
- 30: Monty Hall
- 30: Joe Tiller
- 27: Hugh Hefner
- 27: Anne Jeffreys
- 27: Red Miller
- 27: Zuzana Růžičková
- 25: Tony Booth
- 25: Elizabeth Dawn
- 24: Barbara Blaine
- 23: Charles Bradley
- 22: Mohammed Mahdi Akef
- 21: Liliane Bettencourt
- 19: Bernie Casey
- 19: Jake LaMotta
- 19: David Shepherd
- 17: Mary Fairfax
- 17: Bobby Heenan
- 17: Bob Holland
- 16: Ted Christopher
- 16: Mitchell Flint
- 16: Arjan Singh
- 15: Violet Brown
- 15: Harry Dean Stanton
- 14: Arnold Chan
- 14: Grant Hart
- 13: Pete Domenici
- 13: Frank Vincent
- 12: Edith Windsor
- 11: Peter Hall
- 11: Abdul Halim of Kedah
- 10: Nancy Dupree
- 10: Don Ohlmeyer
- 10: Len Wein
- 9: Michael Friedman
- 9: Pierre Pilote
- 8: Pierre Bergé
- 8: Troy Gentry
- 8: Blake Heron
- 8: Jerry Pournelle
- 8: Don Williams
- 7: Gene Michael
- 6: Kate Millett
- 6: Nicolaas Bloembergen
- 6: Lotfi A. Zadeh
- 3: John Ashbery
- 3: Walter Becker
- 3: Sugar Ramos
- 1: Shelley Berman
Trials
Recently concluded
- Bangladesh: Sohel Rana
- Cambodia: Sam Rainsy
- China: Zhao Liping, Wu Changshun
- Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Patrialis Akbar
- Kazakhstan: Mukhtar Ablyazov
- Kyrgyzstan: Omurbek Tekebayev
- Netherlands: Geert Wilders
- Philippines: Nur Misuari, Joel Villanueva
- Romania: Radu Mazăre
- South Korea: Lee Jae-yong
- Spain: Iñaki Urdangarin, Rodrigo Rato
- United Kingdom: Thomas Mair, Fred Talbot, Rolf Harris
- United States: Barry Cadden, Pedro Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Bill Cosby, Ng Lap Seng, Martin Shkreli, Anthony Weiner
Ongoing
- China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize
- Germany: Beate Zschäpe
- Greece: Siemens bribery scandal
- Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti Abdul Qawi
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Leila de Lima, Jovito Palparan, Maria Lourdes Sereno
- Romania: Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Gheorghe Nichita
- Russia: Alexei Navalny, Alexey Ulyukaev
- South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil
- Spain: Gürtel case, Bárcenas affair, Operación Lezo, 2017 Catalonia attacks
- United Kingdom: Barry Bennell
- United States: Fat Leonard scandal, Bob Menendez
- International
Upcoming
- Australia: George Pell
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
- Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
- Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- Philippines: Benigno Aquino III, Alan Purisima, Getulio Napeñas
- Spain: Ángel María Villar, Jordi Pujol
- United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Bill Cosby, Reza Zarrab
Ongoing conflicts
Africa
- Algeria and Tunisia
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Central African Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Libya
- Mali
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
Americas
- Mexico
- Peru
Asia
- Afghanistan
- China
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Russia
- Ukraine
Middle East
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